After some communication and explanation by Wan Changning, Shen Gui finally had a very clear understanding of the prince's mental journey. And the 'collusion' between him and Nan Kang Di Ting has to start from the time of Guo Shuang's death.

Soon after Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt ascended the throne, under the advice of Lu Xiangyin, then the head of the Sipin Inner Court, he set out to form the prototype of the Imperial Horse Prison. is because the two generations of emperors of the Yan family have always been restrained by the two kings of the opposite sex, Guo and Li. Of course, this is also a 'historical legacy' that has been deeply buried since the founding of Youbei Sanlu; the three families restrain each other, and no one can monopolize power, and no one can cover the sky with one hand.

And Yan Hunt, who knew the harm, actually didn't want to use the 'new thing' of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to bring down the Guo and Li families. According to what Lu Xiangyin told him, the purpose of establishing the organization of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was to increase his own defense force for the emperor, who had no real power; Usually, at most, I can help His Majesty collect some rumors and come back, and occasionally I can do some dirty work that can't be put on the table; And once the situation changes, Yan Hunt can also use the Imperial Horse Supervisor as the last hole card in his hand.

After all, for more than 100 years, it was the Guo family's private army, Taibai Wei, who was responsible for guarding the security inside and outside the palace; And the commander of Taibaiwei at that time was Shen Gui's maternal uncle - Guo Shuang.

It happened that a few days before Shen Gui entered Fengjing, there was such a thing; One day, the crown prince Yan went out of the palace to have a banquet and missed the time when the palace closed the city gate. This matter is actually not a big deal, and there is no need to report it to Yan Hunt. According to the rules of the palace, as long as Li Qing, who was the head of the inner court at the time, came forward, it could be satisfactorily resolved; But such a trivial incident completely ruined one of Guo Shuang's lives, and even ruined the century-old ancestral business of the Guo family in Zhongshan.

That night, Li Qing was waiting for Yan Hunt in the Winter Warm Pavilion, and when the city gate guard came, he did not make a noise, but just took a leave of absence to Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt, and planned to go to the palace gate to welcome the prince into the palace; But Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt had just proposed to spend a sum of money from the household department to repair the garden at the court meeting today, and he was rejected by Wan Changning, the head of the household department at that time; Now that he heard what Li Deng said, he knew that Yan Tian had been drinking and returning late, and he was being locked out of the east gate of the palace at this time, and the anger that had been suppressed all day was immediately hooked again.

He had just been brainwashed by Wan Changning's 'magic sound' at the court meeting, and now when he heard the words about rules, etiquette, and systems, he naturally had a splitting headache.

He first jumped to his feet in the Winter Warm Pavilion and scolded the 'little beast', and then ordered Li Qing to go and pass the decree, so that the prince Yan Tian knelt outside the east gate to reflect on his mistakes, and only tomorrow would he be allowed to enter the palace to ask for guilt.

The result of such 'small things turning into big things' is actually not to blame Guo Xing, the officer on duty at the time. After all, he is the commander of Taibaiwei, if even he himself ignores the laws of the imperial court and opens up for the noble prince Yan Day, then those soldiers under his command will naturally follow suit and open the door for the 'noble person' in their hearts. In the long run, won't the prohibition within the palace be useless?

However, Yan Tian, who was drunk at the time, obviously didn't think so; Today is not the first time he has left the palace and returned late, as long as Guo Xing was not on duty in the past, the military academy guarding the door would immediately move the door barrier when he saw that the prince was late to return to the palace, and let him, the prince, into the palace gate from afar; But now this Guo Shuang, relying on his father's noble status as King Zhongshan and his military power, does not take me, the prince, in his eyes! If you don't let me in, it's a big deal, I'll find an inn to sleep in for the night; But now this thief has made a 'small report' to his father! Your father is in charge of the three generations of our Yan family, and now that I, the fourth-generation king, have not yet taken office, you, the commander of Taibaiwei, have already included this prince in your jurisdiction in advance?

The prince, who knelt outside the palace all night, was already full of hatred; And when he knelt down, looking at Guo Xing, who was holding a torch on the top of the city tower, the more angry he became. Moreover, before Chenshi, there were naturally many civil and military ministers waiting to enter the palace at the east gate of the palace, and they even saw the prince's appearance of 'kneeling in the palace and repenting'. In this way, he was not only reprimanded by his father, but also lost his face as a prince. In this way, even if Yan Tian ascends the throne and sits in the palace a few years later, what face will he have to face and see the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty?

Speaking of figuring out people's hearts, these eunuchs in the palace who serve people all point to this expert who can eat; And the 'top master' among these experts is naturally Lu Xiangyin, the supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor!

Under the 'persuasion' of Supervisor Lu, Prince Yan's gloomy mood for many days was finally relieved. Of course, after he later learned that the Imperial Horse Supervisor had really concocted the great news of 'Guo Shuang's violent death', he was even more overjoyed and full of joy.

He never expected that although this imperial horse eunuch looked tattered, this shot would directly cut off the foundation of his Guo family on Zhongshan Road! In this way, he cleared the biggest stumbling block on the road to succession.

Yan Tian, who had personally experienced the power of the Imperial Horse Prison, was completely fascinated by this kind of 'spy organization' that walked in the dark, and of course, he also knew very well that the reason why this Lu Xiangyin would help him was just to make a good relationship before he ascended the throne. In the final analysis, he was still loyal to his father alone; And even if Lu Xiangyin really led the Imperial Horse Supervisor to secretly surrender to him, after he ascended the throne, it would be impossible to continue to retain these six incomplete people. The reason is also very simple, without the Guo and Li families, there is no need for the Imperial Horse Supervisor to exist.

However, in order to prevent his father from being suspicious of the relationship between himself and Lu Xiangyin, at this moment, he can only secretly raise a group of dead soldiers. But although he is now the prince of Youbei Sanlu, he does not have any real power in his hands; And those who are loyal to him are all wall grass that flutters in the wind, and they have no use value at all.

In the end, under the recommendation of whom, the prince finally met a woman from Nankanglai. When they met for the first time, this Nankang woman, who called herself 'Huang Li', gave Yan Yan a gambling house as a meeting gift, which was also the 'Shuangtian Gambling House' that had been reduced to ruins.

Since taking the line of 'Di Ting', Prince Yan Tian really feels like a divine help. No matter what kind of request you make, you only need to pay a lot of money and a good value of silver, and you can 'make your dream come true' with the help of Di Ting.

In the eyes of the crown prince, his father and Lu Xiangyin, who had spent many years of hard work and put on countless amounts of silver, finally created this imperial horse eunuch, compared to the truth of the Nankang people, it was as naïve and incompetent as playing a family; And these Nankang people, not only do things cleanly and neatly, do not leave any troubles for the 'customer', but also do not have all kinds of complicated rules and constraints. As long as you can speak and take out the money, everything will be as you wish.

This kind of fair and reasonable, child-free equivalent transaction, he simply likes it more. Since there is such an extremely professional 'outsourcing partner', why should I go far and establish another 'Imperial Horse Supervisor' of my own?

Of course, from that day on, the crown prince Yan Tian was like the flowing water of the Yangtze River, pouring white flowers and silver taels into the big river of 'Di Ting' one by one. Of course, the way of this silver is indeed not very light. In the first few years, he was able to get some 'pocket money' from his mother Li Lian and his uncle Li Deng, but as his 'consumption' increased day by day, he could only add a habit of 'gambling addiction' to himself.

However, since Shen Gui, a relative of the Guo family, appeared, and had a bad relationship with him due to fate, Yan Tian's life has become more and more difficult. It's all because he entrusts Di Ting to spread out the stakes and secret whistles, but they are all first-class good hands, and the price of hiring them is naturally expensive; But the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods around Shen Gui who came out of nowhere are also masters of the rivers and lakes with unique skills.

According to the rules of the truth, the death caused by the failure of the killer's operation does not require compensation from the employer; However, if the spy misses and dies in the course of the operation, the employer will have to pay a large amount of settling-in expenses according to his value. It's all because those spies are 'billed' according to the defense forces around the target.

And after Guo Yunsong fell and fled to Nankang, the Li family, who had tightened the money bag of Youbei Sanlu, naturally became a huge trouble for the prince. Therefore, in recent times, among all the Diting spies he hired, there were only two 'priorities' for followers: one was Shen Gui, who lived in the mansion with Liu Banxian, and the other was Li Deng, who was sitting at the gate of the mansion with Li Fu and Shan Qingquan.

The results of several actions made Prince Yan Tian very disappointed, and at the same time, he doubted Di Ting's 'work ability' for the first time. Now, there is not a single piece of news useful to him; But the bills for the settling-in allowance flew into Yan Tian's arms like snowflakes; Moreover, there is also a huge 'ticket', and the deceased above the 'obituary' is still a familiar partner of 'Huang Li'.

And this obituary was personally sent to the Double Heaven Gambling House by a new connector.

At first sight, the cold momentum emanating from this person's body slapped Yan Hunt's face in the face. Although Yan Tian himself is not a martial arts master, he can also feel that this new Youbei steward sent by Di Ting is a first-class dangerous person; The momentum exuded by his body was even better than that of Lu Xiangyin, the old ancestor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

Although this person's figure and appearance are extremely ordinary, but on his face, there is a huge piercing knife wound, coupled with the iconic expressionless 'stone face', looking at himself, the hairs on Yan Tian's whole body stand up.